Game Thread: No. 8 Alabama vs. No. 1 Houston

[James Benedetto]

No. 8 Alabama at No. 1 Houston (-8)
TV: ABC
Tip-off: 2 p.m. CT

 

[James Benedetto]

 

[Tony_Tsoukalas]

 

[James Benedetto]

Here are your officials for today's game: Don Daily, Keith Kimble and Doug Shows.

 

[Tony_Tsoukalas]

Doug Shows...

 

[Tony_Tsoukalas]

Another fast start from Clowney

 

[Tony_Tsoukalas]

Alabama 9, Houston 4 | 15:22, H1

Alabama is winning the rebounding battle 7-3 so far.

 

[aggietider]

This is a great game for us regardless. Great atmosphere. Team that is fast, physical, relentless…this is just a great deal. It’s obvious early in this game how much better we rebound the ball than last year. I remember thinking when they shot the ball last year they would get at least one off rebound every possession.
Brandon Miller is a dog…he’s not scared and he’s obviously a leader.
If nothing else today, hopefully we can learn how to get the ball INBOUNDS!!!!

 

[onebamamaniax]

Turnovers, Turnovers, Turnovers

 

[aggietider]

Who would have thought? JQ comes in and turns it over immediately. Then Clowney gets him one right after. With this roster, the longer a player has been at Bama, the more they turn it over.

 

[James Benedetto]

Jahvon Quinerly, Jaden Bradley and Noah Gurley are the first three players off the bench this afternoon. They replace Mark Sears, Charles Bediako and Nimari Burnett.

 

[G.O.A.T-23]

We have to take care of the ball better than this. Houston is going to get away with fouling, they always do whether home or away, you have to be smarter with the ball. The unforced ones are going to hurt Bama.

 

[aggietider]

Then JQ gets a lane violation on a made free throw when he was one of the guys outside the paint. So stupid.

 

[Tony_Tsoukalas]

Alabama and Houston are a combined 6 of 21 from the floor.

 

[aggietider]

Nate Oats should be ashamed that we can’t get the ball inbounds.

 

[G.O.A.T-23]

They are fouling one every drive.

 

[aggietider]

Get Gurley and JQ out.

 

[onebamamaniax]

I'll say one thing Bama is not shying away from the physicality

 

[Crimsontide3413]

Bama is playing incredible defense and on the glass. Too many stupid turnovers and unbelievable no calls or this would be a 10+ point lead.

 

[G.O.A.T-23]

Get Gurley and JQ out.

Hell. you let them play through it. You can't just take players out when they make a mistake, at some point you won't have anyone to put in the game. Houston is playing football out there and the refs are letting them.

 

[onebamamaniax]

They are fouling one every drive.

It's crazy, it's like the refs know they are super physical and just let them foul and say well that's their style of play

 

[James Benedetto]

 

[StablerCountry]

Bama playing Houston with equal tough and physical play. Bringing some defense of their own. Three’s will be huge in this game. If Miller could get a hot streak going.

 

[Tony_Tsoukalas]

Alabama 11, Houston 6 | 11:54, H1

Houston has made just one of its last nine shots, but Alabama's seven turnovers have prevented the Crimson Tide from extending its lead.

 

[Vaughnbama]

ACC refs and both teams would be in double bonus.

 

[Tony_Tsoukalas]

Alabama has eight turnovers in its first 17 possesions and is somehow winning this game.

 

[aggietider]

Hell. you let them play through it. You can't just take players out when they make a mistake, at some point you won't have anyone to put in the game. Houston is playing football out there and the refs are letting them.

They can come sit down and go back in and play through it later after they watch a couple minutes. The bench can fix stupid sometimes.

 

[BAMACOASTIE]

If they were calling fouls in this game Houston's whole team would have fouled out already.

 

[StablerCountry]

Turnovers sinking the Tide

 

[G.O.A.T-23]

They can come sit down and go back in and play through it later after they watch a couple minutes. The bench can fix stupid sometimes.

Or you could ruin their confidence and have them second guessing themselves instead of playing their game. It's not like they are the only ones out there committing turnovers, the whole team is.

 

[aggietider]

We will score now with JQ out.

 

[aggietider]

Or you could ruin their confidence and have them second guessing themselves instead of playing their game.

Playing their game is useless if it’s killing the team. Just like I said, JQ out and we will score and we did.

 

[G.O.A.T-23]

Miller needs to figure out he's not in HS anymore when he drives to the basket.

 

[RammerJammer210]

Houston is constantly bumping the ball handlers and nothing is getting called.

Also Brandon Miller is trying to do way too much… playing guys 1v1 is not his game.

 

[Tony_Tsoukalas]

Make that 10 turnovers in 23 possessions for Alabama. It still leads 14-12 with 7:52 in the half.

 

[pfaud001]

Miller needs to figure out he's not in HS anymore when he drives to the basket.

Needed to go for the dunk and know he is going to get fouled.

 

[BAMACOASTIE]

Why are Houston's defenders allowed to hip check our guards nearly knocking them down with no call.

 

[Vaughnbama]

The least contact that I have seen today was the double foul.

 

[G.O.A.T-23]

Playing their game is useless if it’s killing the team. Just like I said, JQ out and we will score and we did.

Really went out on a limb there. I am going to go out on a limb and say Bama will score while he's in the game. I'll let you know when it happens

 

[aggietider]

Really went out on a limb there. I am going to go out on a limb and say Bama will score while he's in the game. I'll let you know when it happens

Not if we can’t get a shot because he’s driving into trouble where he can’t shoot or pass. We scored on the first possession he was out bc we actually got a shot up. Im all for him but he can't around all he wants and just drive into the middle of tons of traffic against this group.